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4.10.32 Abandoned and Unusable Equipment <br /> <br /> Subdivision 1. A registrant who has determined to discontinue its operations <br />with respect to any equipment in any right-of-way, or segment or portion thereof, in the City <br />must either: <br /> <br />Provide information satisfactory to the City that the registrant's obligations <br />for its equipment in the right-of-way under this Section have been lawfully <br />assumed by another registrant; or <br /> <br />Submit to the City a proposal and instruments for transferring ownership of <br />its equipment to the City. If a registrant proceeds under this clause, the City <br />may, at its option: <br /> <br />1. Purchase this equipment, or <br /> <br />2. Require the registrant, at its own expense, to remove it, or <br /> <br />Require the registrant to post an additional bond or an increased bond <br />amount sufficient to reimburse the City for reasonably anticipated <br />costs to be incurred in removing the equipment. <br /> <br /> Subd. 2. Equipment of a registrant which fails to comply with the preceding <br />paragraph and which, for two (2) years, remains unused shall be deemed to be abandoned. <br />Abandoned equipment is deemed to be a nuisance. The City may exercise any remedies or rights <br />it has at law or in equity, including, but not limited to: <br /> <br />a. Abating the nuisance; <br /> <br />b. Taking possession of the equipment and restoring it to a useable condition; <br /> <br />Co <br /> <br />Requiring removal of the equipment by the registrant or by the registrant's <br />surety; or <br /> <br />d. Exercising its rights pursuant to the performance and restoration bond. <br /> <br /> Subd. 3. Any registrant who has unusable equipment in any right-of-way shall <br />remove it from the right-of-way during the next scheduled excavation, unless this requirement is <br />waived by the City. <br /> <br />4.10.33 Reservation of Regulatory and Police Powers. The City by the granting of a <br />right-of-way permit, or by registering a person under this Section does not surrender or to any <br />extent lose, waive, impair, or lessen the lawful powers and rights, which it has now or may be <br />hereafter vested in the City under the constitution and statutes of the State of Minnesota, or the <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br /> <br />